Crunch time!

I've got 19 days left. My hope for getting this done is wearing thin. Unfortunately, I got virtually no work on this done this weekend, for a variety of reasons, both good and bad. But I do have 14 squares done now. Here are three I haven't shown as of yet.

Campbell:



This one was great fun.

Hewitt:



This one made me hate bobbles with a passion.

McCauley:



This one went really fast.

Right now, I have Carty on the needles, and it's going pretty quickly. That leaves me with McIntire, Fenick, Tabler, Salpekar & Summer to go. I'm going to cast on for the border so I can carry that with me to work on during lunch, waiting in line, etc. Hopefully that will speed me up a bit.

New Blocks :)

I'm on a roll again! Blocks 8 and 9 are done! and I even started number 10! I can't believe I'm going to be halfway!!!! LOVE this afghan though :) it's like nothing I've ever seen before.

A question: invisible cast on

Has anyone done the Salpekar square yet? I attempted to start it last night, but it was late, and I got absolutely stumped on the invisible cast on (the part marked "A" in the chart) and I gave up and started another one instead.

Can anyone point me to a really good reference for this, preferably with a better illustration than the pattern book? I was having a hard time following which was the original yarn and which was the provisional yarn in the drawing.

I finished two more squares this weekend, so I have 14 done now (11 of which have been blocked) -- I think I may make it!

Finally a new block! whew!

Well, I took a bit of a break from the afghan, but am back in full swing! I completed my 6th block! and I just love it :)

Now to read all the other posts that I've missed! Shame on me!

Morioka done!

I finished the Morioka square last night. This one really felt like it took forever, because it's done on size 5 needles. Normally, that wouldn't faze me, but since I'm on a 25 row a day quota, the extra 20 rows in this square threw me a bit off. I do like the way this one worked out. The pattern was fairly easy to get a rhythm going with, and easy to read in the stitches, with a little bit of change up every 10 rows or so to keep the boredom away.

That makes 11 done. I've cast on for Hewitt next. I'm trying to do some of the more challenging ones that I have left first, so that when I really get into crunch time, I can chill out with some simpler patterns. That's the theory at least.

I'm hoping not to get too far behind this weekend. I normally would be at my stitch n' bitch meeting on Saturday, but the TNNA Needle Arts Market is in Columbus this weekend, and I was lucky enough to get a gig helping out at a booth, so I'll be losing those precious hours tomorrow. I think the sneak peak at upcoming yarns and patterns is worth it though! I'm going to get up early and knit at a coffee shop before I walk down to the convention center.

In other news, I cannot believe it took me this long to invest the $6.00 in one of those magnetic boards that help you keep your place on charts. I suffered wtih post it notes far too long. This thing has made keeping track of rows so much simpler!

I'm in double digits!

One more square makes ten, and I'm officially halfway there!

The Berztiss square:



That one went really fast, since there's not a lot of fancy stuff going on.

I fear though that I've left myself with the hardest ones as I get into crunch time. I have 7 weeks as of yesterday and I haven't done any of the in the round squares yet. Eeek.

Next up for me: Morioka.